Huge crowds of Right to Work protesters line the streets and grounds of the Capitol Building this morning in Lansing. Dec 11, 2012. The Oakland Press/DOUG BAUMAN

The hustling of controversial right-to-work legislation into law drew most of the attention this week as the Michigan Legislature wrapped up its lame duck session, and it's likely to continue to do so.

"No decisions have been made as to which of any of the options," Brewer said. "They are not mutually exclusive.

"Litigation doesn't mean you can't do recalls, recalls don't mean you can't do a ballot proposal," he said. "The range of options includes the elections of 2014. There are short-term and long-term options."

But Republicans say they doubt a legal challenge to the laws will succeed.

"You win some, you lose some, some are rained out," said Republican Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson. "This one, I think, will be rained out."

In addition to right-to-work, the state House and Senate, controlled by Republicans, were moving -- or trying to move -- other touchy topics for Gov. Rick Snyder to sign before the end of the year.

Voting in the Legislature was expected to continue into the evening hours though lawmakers and staff in both chambers hoped it would be the final legislative session of the year.

But they were unclear Thursday afternoon which measures would ultimately make it to the governor's signature to be signed into law.

"There's all kinds of stuff floating around," state Rep. Chuck Moss, a Birmingham Republican, said Thursday afternoon from the House floor. "Is it going to become soup? I don't know."

From abortion to taxes to regional transit to education reforms, Republican lawmakers hoped to leave a plateful of new laws for Snyder's signature as they adjourned for the year Thursday, many of which would likely to change the direction of Michigan life as right-to-work promises to.

Brewer said Democrats were concerned about many other issues besides right-to-work, such as the new version of the state's emergency manager law, Public Act 4, that voters invalidated in a Nov. 6 ballot proposal.

"We're concerned about that," Brewer said. "They appear to be willing to ignore the will of the people and reenact P.A. 4.

"We see a continuation of an attack on women, education reform is not that at all," he said. "Besides right-to-work, these other issues are of tremendous concern, not just to Democrats but to the people of the state of Michigan."

Here's a look at some of what had moved or still on the table Thursday afternoon:

o Emergency Managers -- Senate Bill 865 is the reinvention of Public Act 4 that voters invalidated in November. Passed by the House and Senate, it was on the path to becoming law. The latest version gives financially struggling communities four options: To accept an emergency manager, to undergo bankruptcy, to engage in mediation, or to enter into a consent agreement similar to one between the state and Detroit.

o Blue Cross Blue Shield -- Senate Bills 1293 and 1294 were also passed by the House and Senate. They would allow the nonprofit insurer to become a nonprofit mutual insurer.

o Regional Transit -- Senate Bills 909 and 445 create a transit authority for southeast Michigan and set up funding mechanisms for it.

o Metropolitan Authorities -- A package of bills passed by the House and Senate, primarily House Bill 6025, allows for the creation of metropolitan authorities throughout the state, a new layer of optional local government.

o Personal Property Taxes -- A package of bills were still pending in the Legislature that would reduce personal property taxes paid by industrial business on equipment like computers and fixtures.

o Homestead Property Taxes -- Taxable value generally increases to market value when a house is sold, allowing for a higher amount of property taxes. House Bill 4753 allows the transfer of property to close relatives without uncapping the property taxes. The House and Senate has approved it.

o Abortion -- The House and Senate passed a package of bills to further regulate abortions in Michigan by requiring screenings so that people are aren't forced to have abortions, and requiring licensing for facilities performing more than a certain number of abortions annually.

o Education Reform -- Democrats were concerned about pending legislation they broadens the scope of state authority over public schools and allowing for the expansion of charter schools in Michigan.

Animal Cruelty -- The governor signed into law a package of bills that allows for seizure of homes and autos in cases involving animal fighting rings, adds animal fighting to the state's list of racketeering crimes, and allows law enforcement to shut down any venue engaged in animal fighting. The legislation is House Bill 5789 and Senate Bills 356 and 358.

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